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What: This is a multiple choice quiz on Lead Contaminated Drinking Water
Where: Carmen Activities – Quizzes
Why: Flint, Michigan is a city that in Spring of 2014 found large amount of lead in their drinking water after switching to a new water source. Lead can have seriously health consequences including damage to young children’s developing brains.
Directions: Review the sources of information related to the Flint Water Crisis below. When you have read/watched all the material log into Carmen to take the quiz. You will have two attempts to take this quiz. We will keep your highest score.
Quiz Resources:
- Read the article: The Flint Water Crisis: What’s Really Going On?, written by Adrian Dingle and published by ChemMatters in December 2016.
- Watch the first 24-minutes (from 0:00-24:00) of the PBS Video Poisoned Waters, which originally aired on May 31, 2017.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/poisoned-water.html
- Visit the FAST Start Pipe Replacement Program website and read the information that is provided.
https://www.cityofflint.com/fast-start/
- Visit the National Primary Drinking Water website and download the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Complete Table.
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulation-table
- Read the EPA’s Infographic titled: Concerned About Lead in Your Drinking Water?
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